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Carlson, William H.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1965)

The one word in the title of this Institute about which there can
be no argument is "change.* The environment in which our libraries
function and the ends and purposes for which we as librarians, exist
are altering ...

McDonald, Frances M.(Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989)

While virtually all of the voluminous writing on censorship focuses
on the actions of outsiders, much of the actual censorship is done by
librarians. Quietly, under the guise of selection, spurred by rumors of
controversy, ...

Martell, Charles(Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1987)

In this article, the concept of productivity is recast. This is necessary
because the nature of work is undergoing a profound transformation.
As a result, corporate and political leaders are seeking to build an
institutional ...

Downs, Robert B.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1959)

A strong case can be made out, I am convinced, for the proposition
that many librarians are obsessed with classification for the sake of
classification. With rare exceptions, investigation has revealed, library
users ...

Cushman, Jerome(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1956)

Ideas containing overgeneralizations must not be allowed
to obscure the necessity for stating and coming to grips with
some of the specific problems of the book collection of the
small and medium- sized library. The ...

Robbins, Jane B.(Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992)

Issues and problems related to and techniques for improving
communication between practitioners and researchers in librarianship
are presented. The underlying assumption of this essay is that research,
when designed ...

Bonn, George S.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1960)

In my own thinking and, indeed, teaching, about book
and periodical selection for any puipose whatsover it is convenient
to consider the problem as a series of a half-dozen separate
but closely related decisions or ...

Sullivan, Peggy(Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1987)

Allerton Park Institutes are part of a long tradition, but the one in 1987
has been presented in a somewhat different way from earlier ones. There
were options on programs to attend, opportunities for considerable
interaction, ...

Schossberger, Emily(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1967)

Fifteen years ago the conveners of a symposium on "Trends in
American Publishing" would probably not have invited a representative
of the then rather esoteric and little known field of the university
presses. For until ...

Rochman, Hazel(Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993)

The greatest danger from the politically correct bullies is that
they create a backlash, and that backlash is often self-righteous support
for the way things are. Whether we are weary or indignant, we wish
the whiners ...

Campbell, H.C.(Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1965)

The Public Libraries Act of Ontario, which applies to libraries
in cities, towns and villages throughout the Province, provides the
general management, regulation and control of Public Libraries in
cities through a ...

Estabrook, Leigh S.(Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992)

The Allerton Park Conference on "Applying Research to Practice"
marked the anniversary of the founding of the Library Research Center
30 years earlier. The Library Research Center (LRC) was established
in 1961 by Robert ...

Brichford, Maynard(Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1965)

How records are appraised and processed in the University
Archives at Illinois will be the subject of this discussion. At the
University of Illinois, the University Archives is located in the Library.
Wherever the ...